Folk Songs, Poems, and Sayings
This is a collection of favorite folk songs and poems, either written by me or others. These audio or
written files are placed here for educational purposes and for your enjoyment.
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Pastures of Plenty
The Fox
Little Bunny Foo Foo - story / song for children
Mending Wall
The Road Not Taken
Celia Thaxter: New Hampshire Poet (not an audio file)
Favorite Sayings
The Cruel Mother: A Folk Ballad and an Essay
Fiddler Jones - a poem
I Am a Quilter - original song by Patricia Cummings for National Quilter's Day -2008
El Arriero Va
Seventeenth Century Nun's Prayer - a vocal recitation
The Village Blacksmith, poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Banks of the Ohio
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
The Water is Wide
Cockles and Mussels
Cuando Salí de Cuba
En Mi Viejo San Juan
Meciendo - a poem by Gabriela Mistral (recited and translated)
Where the Purple Lilacs Grow
It's a Grand Old Flag
Zamba de Mi Esperanza
Mi Caballo Blanco
I Will Fly Away
Midnight Special
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
The Rising of the Moon
Follow the Drinkin' Gourd
The Work of the Weavers
Tenting Tonight
Rally Round the Flag
The Ould Orange Flute
The Crazy Quilt - a poem by Margaret E. Sangster
Work for the Night is Coming
My Darling Nelly Gray
Los Peces en el Rio - A Christmas Song in Spanish
The Coventry Carol
Stille Nacht (Silent Night in German)
Loch Lomond - a Scottish song
Hava Nagila - a Jewish dance song
Hine Ma Tov - an Israeli song of peace
Mary Hamilton - a Scottish folk ballad
Johnny I Hardly Knew You - a war protest song from the 19th century
Poem: In Flanders Field
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